Prof.Dr.L.Cruz
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In recent years, there has been a growing concern about the increasing degradation and depletion of earth’s resources. The desire to improve the quality of people’s lives has led to the over-exploitation of resources, mainly due to unsustainable production and distribution methods as well as untenable consumption patterns. These production systems utilize large amounts of energy thus resulting to pollution problems due to excessive emission of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. This increasingly threatens land and water resources.
Global warming threatens to destabilize every bioregion on Earth in the new millennium. Several scientists predict climate changes of unprecedented magnitude with significant impact on food, health and environment. These changes could lead to worldwide loss of agricultural products, rising of oceans, floods, super hurricanes and the whole destruction of the entire ecosystems. The atmospheric ozone depletion could cause additional cancers and deaths from exposure to deadly ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet rays also greatly decrease the growing capacity of plants and seriously weaken the immune systems of humans and animals, raising famine and pestilence.
The global environmental crisis affects every one of us. Nobody can escape the global consequences of these new environment realities. Their impacts will continue to be felt by every human being and by every species with which we share this planet. Our damaged environment now concerns us all. We as caretakers should address these global environmental threats and challenges through collective action.
Everybody now is aware that climate change is real and is affecting all of us. Scientists and climatologists say that the world is getting warmer and the major cause of this is human activity. This calls for an urgent action; but the situation is not entirely hopeles...
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Miracle baby elephant gets miracle name
Taronga Zoo's new baby elephant initially called Mr Shuffles has officially been re-named Pathi Harn.
The name means "miracle" in the Thai language, reflecting the fact that he was born alive on March 10 after experts mistakenly assumed he had died in his mother's womb.
He was nicknamed Mr Shuffles by zoo staff because his early walking attempts resembled the shuffle of an elderly man.
At a naming ceremony at the zoo today, NSW Environment Minister Frank Sartor conceded the nickname would probably stick with him.
"Pathi Harn will of course be the name that will replace Mr Shuffles, which I suppose will remain the nickname," he said.
The zoo had called on the public to choose a Thai name for the calf from a list of seven.
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